Mixed oils in V8... leave or change?

Mixed oils in V8... leave or change?

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Beast Master

Original Poster:

66 posts

31 months

Tuesday 28th February 2023
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I usually use 20w50 in my V8, but I was stuck and had to add 1.5L of 5w30. Overall there is only about 1,500 miles on the oil, so it is still like fresh honey.
Should I change the oil for fresh 20w50, or realistically will the 5w30 make any difference, so just run until the normal oil change is needed?


GreenV8S

30,479 posts

291 months

Tuesday 28th February 2023
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Running low is dramatically more damaging than anything else so you did the right thing.

Mixing grades is no big deal. Ideally you'd avoid mixing different brands / types since you can't tell how the additives will interact.

Beast Master

Original Poster:

66 posts

31 months

Wednesday 1st March 2023
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As the Germans say, wrong oil is better than no oil... :-0

Thanks.
So I will probably leave it in until the next service is due.